Sequamur

[Iain Macinnes – Presenter] DS Murray’s play “Sequamur” began its tour around the country last night in Glasgow. It tells the story of the rector of the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway Head William Gibson, who encouraged many of his pupils to fight in WW1. Our reporter Kerr Gibb was there last night.

[Kerr Gibb – Reporter] Gibson encouraged his pupils to sign up for the war effort in the hope that the situation would improve and Europe would be brought to peace, but when this never happened his notions were questioned. He made a speech in 1932 when a plaque was put up in remembrance of the Nicolson Institute pupils who lost their lives. Sequamur is based on the life of the head teacher and the content of his speech.

[Donald S Murray] What was good about his speech was his truth and honesty. He wasn’t a bad man. If he was bad, it wouldn’t have been a tragedy. He was a good man and he was thinking about the situation and the consequences. If he was a villain I wouldn’t have a story but he wasn’t one, he was a very decent man.

[Kerr Gibb – Reporter] Sequamur is a multimedia play, with pictures and videos to showcase the reality of the situation.

[Iain MacRae] It’s good to watch and bear in mind that this was real , it’s a true story and not fiction. This happened and happened quite often in many different awful ways that were oppressive and corrupt and there’s no other way to look at it.

[Kerr Gibb – Reporter] The location of Gallipoli gave another dimension to the play along with the knowledge Gibson had on classical literature.

[Donald S Murray] Troy was only eight miles from Gallipoli and that’s taken into account here, I think that shows that we’ve not learned much. 3000BCE as they say today, not BC, the same thing happened then as happened in Gallipoli, people were dying and there were commanders and officers who weren’t good at their jobs and politicians were as they are today. We never learn and that’s the worst of it, we don’t learn from what’s happened in the past.

[Kerr Gibb – Reporter] Sequamur is touring for the next fortnight visiting places from Edinburgh to Portree and simultaneous translation will be available for those who do not understand Gaelic. Kerr Gibb, BBC An Là, Glasgow.

Sequamur

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VocabularyBriathrachas

dealbh-chluich - play

maighstir-sgoile - headteacher, rector

An Cogadh Mòr - First World War

òraid - speech

ioma-mheadhanach - multimedia

sàrachail - oppressive

litreachas clasaigeach - classical literature

eadar-theangachadh mar aon - simultaneous translation

CuideachadhHow to use this site

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